Joshua 24:4

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And to Isaac, I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'
  • Gen 36:8 : 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
  • Gen 25:24-26 : 24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau. 26 After that, his brother came out with his hand grasping Esau's heel. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
  • Acts 7:15 : 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.
  • Ps 105:23 : 23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
  • Gen 32:3 : 3 When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's camp.' So he named that place Mahanaim (Two Camps).
  • Gen 46:1-7 : 1 Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.' 3 God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.' 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand. 5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the sons of Israel transported their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt. 7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters, and all his descendants.

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  • Josh 24:3
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    3But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 35:12
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    12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will also give it to your descendants after you.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 28:4-6
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    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

    5Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mother.

    6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him, he commanded him, 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.'

  • Deut 2:4-5
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    4And he commanded the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful.

    5Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'

  • Gen 48:4-5
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    4He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'

    5'Now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you here will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.'

  • Josh 24:5
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    5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did among them; and afterward, I brought you out.

  • Gen 36:8-9
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    8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

    9These are the descendants of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

  • Deut 2:12
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    12The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them. They destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.

  • Num 24:18
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    18Edom will become a possession; Seir, his enemy, will also be a possession. But Israel will grow strong.

  • Gen 46:4
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    4I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.

  • Gen 48:22
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    22And to you, I give one more portion than your brothers, the portion I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

  • Gen 28:13
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    13And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 32:3
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    3When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's camp.' So he named that place Mahanaim (Two Camps).

  • Gen 27:37
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    37Isaac answered Esau, 'Behold, I have made him lord over you and have given him all his brothers as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?'

  • Heb 11:20
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    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Deut 2:29
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    29as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me—until I cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.'

  • Gen 36:6
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    6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all the possessions he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he moved to a land away from his brother Jacob.

  • Exod 6:4
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    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given it to me.

  • Gen 25:33
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    33But Jacob said, 'Swear to me first.' So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

  • Deut 1:8
    71%

    8See, I have set the land before you. Go and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.